Verb To ask in Levantine Arabic – سأل

Learn the verb to ask in Levantine Arabic.

This post includes full conjugation of the verb to ask for the present, past and future tense. At the end of this post take a quick conjugation quiz to check what you’ve learned.

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Present Tense

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English	Arabic	Pronunciation
I ask	بَسْأَل	bas’al
You (m.) ask	بْتِسْأَل	btis’al
You (f.) ask	بْتِسْأَلِي	btis’ali
He asks	بِسْأَل	bis’al
She asks	بْتِسْأَل	btis’al
We ask	مْنِسْأل	mnis’al
You (pl.) ask	بْتِسْأَلوا	btis’aloo
They ask	بِسْألوا	bis’aloo

Past Tense

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English	Arabic	Pronunciation
I asked	سَأَلْت	sa’alt
You (m.) asked	سَأَلْت	sa’alt
You (f.) asked	سَأَلْتِ	sa’alti
He asked	سَأَل	sa’al
She asked	سَأَلَت	sa’alat
We asked	سَأَلْنا	sa’alnaa
You (pl.) asked	سَأَلْتوا	sa’altoo
They asked	سَأَلوا	sa’aloo

To ask in Levantine Arabic – Future Tense

To conjugate verb to ask in future tense you must add رَح [raH] before the verb and then add the verb without b-prefix [ب].

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English	Arabic	Pronunciation
I will ask	رَح أَسْأل	raH as’al
You (m.) will ask	رَح تِسْأَل	raH tis’al
You (f.) will ask	رَح تِسْأَلي	raH tis’ali
He will ask	رَح يِسْأَل	raH yis’al
She will ask	رَح تِسْأَل	raH tis’al
We will ask	رَح نِسْأَل	raH nis’al
You (pl.) will ask	رَح تِسْأَلوا	raH tis’aloo
They will ask	رَح يِسْأَلوا	raH yis’aloo

Negation

To negate the verb to ask you need to add ما [maa] before the verb.

English	Arabic	Pronunciation
I don’t ask	ما بَسْأَل	maa bas’al
You (m.) don’t ask	ما بْتِسْأَل	maa btis’al
You (f.) don’t ask	ما بْتِسْأَلِي	maa btis’ali
He doesn’t ask	ما بِسْأَل	maa bis’al
She doesn’t ask	ما بْتِسْأَل	maa btis’al
We don’t ask	ما مْنِسْأَل	maa mnis’al
You (pl.) don’t ask	ما بْتِسْأَلوا	maa btis’aloo
They don’t ask	ما بِسْأَلوا	maa bis’aloo

To ask in Levantine Arabic Quiz

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